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EMC has laid off managers and sales staff at RSA as part of an overhaul of its sales model, according to people familiar with the matter. But RSA's Art Coviello says he believes it will remain part of the EMC Federation.

A survey of 212 IT professionals conducted by the Cloud Security Alliance reveals a lack of acceptable use policies. Meanwhile, cloud solution providers are improving their security practices and transparency.

Venture capital financing has flowed like a torrent into endpoint security startups, but a crowded IT security market and untested technology could derail some of those investments in 2015. Here are five threatening signs.

A cyberwarning from the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued an alert shedding light on the destructive malware that struck the systems at Sony Pictures Entertainment and warns that the worm could be used in additional attacks. Maintain an offline backup, according to the advisory.

These breaches did not capture as much attention as the breaches at Target Corp., Home Depot and Sony, but their impact is being felt by millions of people. There are lessons to be learned from these security lapses.

A spate of high-profile retail data breaches, and the latest Sony breach, is motivating organizations to tighten access to company data, according to a new study that surveyed more than 2,000 IT practitioners and employees about data protection and access rights over the last year.

Sony made a mistake when it capitulated to hacker demands, said President Obama, speaking to reporters at his final press conference of 2014. The U.S. will respond and in a place, time and manner it chooses, he said.